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Guyana's National Priority Assistive Products List and Assistive Technology Capacity Assessment

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 82% 52/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Guyana completed a national assistive technology capacity assessment and is building a Priority Assistive Products List with PAHO/WHO and Irish government support, alongside free hearing aids, spectacles and 3D-printed prosthetics.

Guyana's National Priority Assistive Products List and Assistive Technology Capacity Assessment

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
Ministry of Health of Guyana (Rehabilitation and Disability Services), Ministry of Labour and Manpower, Pan American Health Organization / WHO, National Commission on Disability, Government of Ireland (funding)
Period
2021–2030 (National Rehabilitation Services Strategy); consultation Aug 2026
Keywords
assistive technology, health policy, disability inclusion

Context

Guyana's Ministry of Health, with PAHO/WHO and Irish government support, completed a national Assistive Technology Capacity Assessment covering legislation, financing, workforce and product availability.

Activities

An August 2026 multi-stakeholder consultation in Georgetown is developing an AT action plan and a National Priority Assistive Products List covering wheelchairs, canes, hearing aids and low-vision aids.

Results

Alongside the policy process, the Ministry reported removing fees for prosthetic devices, expanding wheelchair distribution, providing free hearing aids and spectacles, and introducing 3D-printing for prosthetic services.

Conclusions

The Priority Products List and action plan were still in development at the time of the consultation, with no quantitative before/after figures published yet.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years)
Staffing & skills
Ministry of Health rehabilitation staff, PAHO/WHO technical advisors

Conditions for success

  • multi-stakeholder consultation across Health, Labour and the National Commission on Disability
  • Irish government funding support

Common failure modes

  • Priority Products List and action plan still in development
  • no quantitative before/after data published

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